Hanger for cement posts.



J. S. GULLEY.

HANGER FOR CEMENT POSTS.

APPLICATION FILED our. 17, 1910.

Patented Mar. 5, 1912.

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HANGER FOR CEMENT POSTS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Mar. 5, 1912.

Application filed. October 17, 1910. Serial No. 587,476.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN S. CULLEY, a citizen of the United States,residing at Louisville, in the county of Jefferson and State ofKentucky, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Hangersfor Cement Posts; and I do declare the fol lowing to be a full, clear,and exact description of the invention, such as will enable othersskilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to improvements in hangers or wire attachingdevices for cement fence posts.

The object of the invention is to provide an improved construction ofwire attaching device for wire fences by the use of which a wire may becarried back and forth between the posts and stretched without the useof a stretcher or other tool.

A further object of the invention is in the provision of a simple,practical and efficient fence post constructed of cement or otherplastic material and having a reinforcement with which the hangers areengaged, whereby the same are properly and securely held in position incompleting the post.

With the above and other objects in View, the invention consists ofcertain novel features of construction, combination and arrangement ofparts as will be more fully described and particularly pointed out inthe appended claim.

In the! accompanying drawings: Figure 1 is a side view of a portion of afence showing the application of my improved hanger; Fig. 2 is ahorizontal sectional view thereof; Fig. 3 is a vertical sectional viewof one of the post-s showing the wire attaching hangers in sideelevation therein; Fig. 4 is a horizontal sectional view through thepost; Fig. 5 is a similar view of a corner post; Fig. 6 is a horizontalsectional view of a modified form of post with this main hanger appliedand shown partly is section; Fig. 7 is a detail perspective view of oneof the hangers; Fig. 8 is a similar view of another form of hanger; Fig.9 is a similar view of one of the hangers employed in connection withthe corner post of the fence.

In the embodiment illustrated a cement post 1 is shown to which thisimproved device is applied and which may be of any suitable shape andlength and is here shown of rectangular form in cross section andslightly tapered toward its upper end. In

connection .with the posts a series of these improved wire hangers orfastening devices 2are employed and each is preferably cut or stampedfrom heavy sheet metal and comprises a central post engaging plate 3having longitudinally disposed wire receiving members. These members inthe first seven figures and in Fig. 9 of the drawings are shown in theform of hooks 4 and in Fig. 8 in the form of apertured lugs or cars. Thepost engaging plate 3 of the hangers preferably increases in width onits upper edge from the opposite ends to the center and on said plate 3are formed laterally projecting anchoring lugs 6 which are preferablystruck or cut from the metal and bent at right angles as shown.

The hangers 2 are applied to a cement post by embodying the plate 3 inthe post when said post is molded These hangers are of such a lengththat the wire receiving hooks or lugs thereof project beyond the side ofthe post a sufficient distance to receive the wire of the fence.

For use in connection with corner posts, hangers 7 are provided whichare similar in construction to the hangers 2 except that they are bentin right angular form to cause the wire receiving hooks or aperturedlugs thereof to project from the right angular sides of the post asshown in Figs. 2 and 5 of the drawings.

Vertically disposed rectangular barsas 8 are preferably disposedcentrally of the posts and are embedded therein when the post is moldedand when such bars are used the anchoring lugs 6 of the hangers areengaged with the opposite sides thereof as shown in Fig. 4:, said barthus serving to hold the hangers in alinement and to assist in firmlysecuring them in the post.

In the use of my improved hangers the wire is secured atone end to oneof the hooks of the lowermost hanger of one post and is then broughtback and forth between two of the posts and successively engaged wit-hthe opposite hooks or lugs of the hangers until the last hook is reachedat the upper end of the post to which the wire is secured and then cutofl.

From the foregoing description taken in connection with the accompanyingdrawings, the construction and operation of the invention will bereadily understood without requiring a more extended explanation.

Various changes in the form, proportion and the minor details ofconstruction may be resorted to without departing from the principle orsacrificing any of the advantages of the invention as defined in theappended claim.

I claim as my invention:

In a cement post the combination with a longitudinally disposedrectangular reinforcing bar located therein, of a wire hanger comprisinga plate having apertured ends and laterally disposed anchoring lugsformed from the plate intermediate its ends leaving correspondinglyshaped openings in the plate, the latter being adapted to be embedded inthe post with the lugs thereof ar- 15 ranged in binding contact with theopposite sides of the reinforcing bar, whereby the openings will befilled with cement in completing the post, said apertured ends of theplate projecting beyond the face of the post.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of twosubscribing Witnesses.

JOHN S. CULLEY.

Witnesses IN. G. l/VnrTENs, A. C. THOMPSON.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. C.

